Issue 4 Model

  • Xilinx Artix-7™ A15T FPGA (XC7A15T) implementing:
    • CPU:Z80N CPU with extended instruction set @ 3.5/7/14/28 MHz
    • All standard ZX Spectrum and Timex video-modes with the addition of Layer 2, Layer 3 and LoRes video with 9 bit colour and hardware scrolling
    • TurboSound compatibility (3 PSGs) - 3 x AY-3-8912 or YM-2149 compatible PSG audio chips with stereo output
    • Covox™/Soundrive™/SpecDrum™ compatible digital audio
    • Selectable DMA controller (Z80DMA and zxnDMA)
    • Amiga™ like Copper hardware
    • Hardware Sprite Engine
    • EnhancedULA extending legacy Spectrum and Timex modes to 256 colours out of a 512 colour palette
    • Multiface compatible NMI handling hardware
    • Two programmable UARTs
    • Programmable CTC chip (8 channels)
    • I₂C bus
    • SPI bus
    • PS/2 keyboard and mouse controller
    • Two joystick controllers compatible with Kempston, Sinclair and Cursor standards
    • divMMC interface with an external SD card slot (as well as additional possibility for a secondary internal micro SD card slot, only via expert soldering at user's own risk)
  • Memory:2MB SRAM standard
  • 58 key laptop-style low profile tactile matrix keyboard
  • Video out ports: RGB / VGA Analog and HDMI-compatible Digital Video Port
  • Stereo Audio Out port
  • Two multipurpose controller and I/O ports for joystick and serial communications
  • Tape support, with joint Mic and Ear ports
  • Original external bus expansion port
  • I₂C RTC (Real Time Clock) device (DS-1307)
  • Wi-Fi module, with a full TCP/IP stack (ESP8266).
  • Internal accelerator expansion port (for optional Raspberry Pi Zero accelerator)
  • On board GPIO for user expansion
  • Multicore capability

ZX Spectrum Next User Manual, 3rd Edition (ISBN 978-1-5272-5496-1), written and illustrated by Phoebus R. Dokos. Copyright © 2020-2024 Phoebus Dokos / SpecNext Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. This is a transcription and can contain errors; check any doubt against the printed page.